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ATLANTA, GA — South Africa captain Ronwen Williams has acknowledged that it has been painful to hear former South Africa internationals criticising the team in light of their opening World Cup defeat by Mexico last Thursday. South Africa’s build-up to their second group game — in Atlanta against Czechia on Thursday — has been dominated by criticism from back home at the team’s approach in the opener against Mexico, with…

Harry Kane scored twice to equal the English record for men’s World Cup goals, Jude Bellingham added another two minutes into the second half and England beat Croatia 4-2 on Wednesday. Martin Baturina and Petar Musa answered each of Kane’s first-half goals in a rematch of the 2018 semifinal game won by Croatia. Musa’s goal came on the final play before the whistle ending the first half. The even score…

ATLANTA, GA — South Africa will appeal the red card and three-match suspension handed out to Themba Zwane, according to head coach Hugo Broos, who has questioned why Lionel Messi received different treatment to the Bafana Bafana midfielder. Zwane was shown a straight red in the 84th minute of South Africa’s opening 2-0 defeat by Mexico in Mexico City on Thursday, reducing Bafana to nine men in the match, before…

Brest manager Eric Roy has died at the age of 58, the club have announced. The death of the former Sunderland midfielder was confirmed on Wednesday night, only a month after the Ligue 1 season finished with Brest in 11th position. After Roy had spells with Nice, Toulon, Lyon and Marseille in France, he spent the 1999-2000 campaign with Sunderland before forging a successful post-playing career, which included multiple sporting…

IRVINE, Calif. — United States national team attacker Christian Pulisic continued to train apart from the main group at Wednesday’s training session, as he looks to recover from a calf injury he first sustained last week, and aggravated in last Friday’s 4-1 over Paraguay in World Cup Group D play. Pulisic was first spotted in the USMNT’s field-side gym, and later took the field to work out with a member…

Congo DR produced another stunning result at the 2026 World Cup, as the African side held one of the pre-tournament favorites, Portugal, to a 1-1 draw in Houston on Wednesday. Yoane Wissa struck Congo’s first ever goal at a World Cup deep into first-half stoppage time to cancel out an early opening goal from Portugal’s João Neves in the sixth minute. Cristiano Ronaldo joined Lionel Messi as the only men…

Noni Madueke, Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon will operate behind Harry Kane in England‘s World Cup opener against Croatia, with Thomas Tuchel leaving Bukayo Saka and Marc Guéhi on the bench in Dallas. Tuchel’s selection dilemmas always looked to be in attacking midfield and central defence, with Saka’s fitness a particular talking point heading into the crunch Group L clash. The German coach has opted for caution, resting the Arsenal…

South Africa attacking midfielder Themba Zwane has been suspended for three matches for his red card against Mexico, subject to appeal, by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. Following a VAR check, Zwane was red-carded in the 84th minute of Bafana Bafana’s 2-0 defeat to Mexico at the Azteca Stadium in the opening game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 11. He was adjudged, according to FIFA on Wednesday, to…

Neymar, who has been out for a month with a right calf injury, trained in uniform and joined his Brazil teammates briefly for the first time during this World Cup at the club’s practice Wednesday in Morristown, New Jersey. He came out onto the pitch on Wednesday along with Raphinha, Bruno Guimarães, Gabriel Magalhães and Fabinho, and joked with members of the media, saying “Did you miss me?” After some…